Description
The Microsoft virtual machine (VM) in Internet Explorer 4.x and 5.x allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox, aka the "VM File Reading" vulnerability.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- high
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- MICROSOFT
- Published
- 2/18/2000
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
microsoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : iemicrosoft : internet_explorermicrosoft : visual_studio
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